Arbitration Quotes

• The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

  Lawrence Durrell

  Love, Anniversary, Valentines Day

  Lawrence Durrell (2012). “The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea”, p.803, Faber & Faber

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• Arbitration is justice blended with charity.

  Nachman of Breslov

  Justice, Charity

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• The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement of modern times. In its relation to the well-being of the men and women of this and ensuing generations, it exceeds in importance the proper solution of various economic problems which are constant themes of legislative discussion and enactment.

  William Howard Taft

  Men, Race, Doctrine

  "Dawn of World Peace", in U.S. Bureau of Education Bulletin, No. 8, 1912.

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• When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

  Benjamin Franklin

  War, Compromise, Settling

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• All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?

  Benjamin Franklin

  War, Opinion, Settling

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• I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration.

  Herbert Read

  Umpires, Doe, Imagine

  Herbert Read (1963). “Selected Writings: Poetry and Criticism”

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• Do I believe in arbitration? I do. But not in arbitration between the lion and the lamb, in which the lamb is in the morning found inside the lion

  Samuel Gompers

  Morning, Believe, Umpires

  Samuel Gompers (1990). “The Samuel Gompers Papers: The Early Years of the American Federation of Labor, 1887-90”, p.87, University of Illinois Press

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• We believe that big nations should not bully smaller nations, and that the sovereignty of nations must be respected. And we have long urged that disputes be resolved peacefully, including through mechanisms like international arbitration.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Long, Bully

  Source: www.straitstimes.com

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• Never arbitrate. Arbitration allows a third party to determine your destiny. It is a resort of the weak.

  Attila the Hun

  Party, Destiny, Weak

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• When two great powers disagree about anything - it doesn't matter what - they must find a way to settle it somehow by arbitration or by negotiation, not by war or threat of war.

  Bertrand Russell

  War, Two, Matter

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• Arbitration is private. It doesn't have the tools to dig into the corporate files. It's usually controlled by arbitrators who want repeat business from corporations not from the injured person.

  Ralph Nader

  Tools, Want, Corporations

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one

  Ambrose Bierce

  Burning, May, Diplomats

  Ambrose Bierce (1909). “The Shadow on the Dial: And Other Essays”

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• Great progress was made when arbitration treaties were concluded in which the contracting powers pledge in advance to submit all conflicts to an arbitration court, treaties which not only specify the composition of the court, but also its procedure.

  Ludwig Quidde

  Umpires, Progress, Conflict

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• The corporations don't like open courts of law, trials by jury. They want to privatize by pushing people into compulsory arbitration where they win most of the time and the whole process is pretty secret.

  Ralph Nader

  Winning, Law, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I can guarantee you this, that more pension and benefit reforms which I will consider arbitration reform to be one of them, are things that when they come to my desk, they will be signed.

  Chris Christie

  Umpires, Reform, Guarantees

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• The most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United States from Eurasia or even to diminish significantly its decisive arbitration role.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Power, Roles, Gains

  "Afghanistan in the '80s was superpowers' battle over Eurasia - Brzezinski". The RT Interview, www.rt.com. September 21, 2010.

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• Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.

  Henry Campbell-Bannerman

  Winning, Glowing, Differences

  "Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Speech at the London Interparliamentary Conference". The Advocate of Peace, Volume 68, No. 9, September 1906.

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• How true is it that humanity refuses compromise during prosperity, and reaches out for arbitration when weak.

  Jean Sasson

  Humanity, Compromise, Prosperity

  Jean Sasson (2010). “Daughters Of Arabia: Princess 2”, p.231, Random House

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• Salary arbitration is probably in place - was put in place then and probably is in place now - because I supported it.

  Bowie Kuhn

  Umpires, Salary

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• It may be that for a long time some nations will continue to fight each other, but the example of those nations who prefer arbitration to war, law courts to the battlefield, must sooner or later influence the belligerent powers and make war as unpopular as pugilism is now.

  Randal Cremer

  War, Fighting, Law

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• I have no problem with the arbitration process.

  Mark Teixeira

  Problem, Process, No Problem

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• When you think of a safe and solid arbitration place, you think of Switzerland, Sweden, Canada. Those attributes may be associated with clichés, but I think they resonate with a lot of people and they are a solid base for Canada to co-operate and help others.

  Christine Lagarde

  Helping Others, Thinking, People

  "Christine Lagarde on slow growth, inequality and fighting cynicism". Interview with Kevin Carmichael, www.macleans.ca. September 12, 2016.

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• A government is a compulsory territorial monopolist of ultimate decision-making (jurisdiction) and, implied in this, a compulsory territorial monopolist of taxation. That is, a government is the ultimate arbiter, for the inhabitants of a given territory, regarding what is just and what is not, and it can determine unilaterally, i.e., without requiring the consent of those seeking justice or arbitration, the price that justice-seekers must pay to the government for providing this service.

  Hans-Hermann Hoppe

  Government, Justice, Decision

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• Forcing victims of sexual harassment into secret arbitration proceedings is wrong because it means that nobody ever finds out what really happened.

  Gretchen Carlson

  Mean, Secret, Victim

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Money, War, Battle

  Benjamin Franklin, E. Sargent (1855). “The select works of Benjamin Franklin”, p.459

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